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5 . Stevie ( 9 - 7 - 1 )	v.	4 . Eddie ( 10 - 7 - 0 ) [ + 2.5 ]

First-time playoff contender Eddie looks to show he truly is a competing god v. Stevie, who underwent a successful re-tool instead of a rebuild this year. Eddie flipped the script this year, going from a 7-8-1 record to 10-7 and the 4 seed with home court advantage for the first round. Eddie's team is pretty top heavy, and is looking for contributions from the depths of his team. Rostering a Free Agent Killian Hayes doesn't help. Stevie is coming off trade deadline fleece of acquiring Dejounte Murray, who with Trae out for the next 4 weeks should put up monster numbers. Stevie has won a playoff matchup in each season of EDB's history, going as far as the Finals, and he's looking to get his first ever EDB championship. Eddie won their only previous matchup this year 5-4, but Stevie was 3-0 against Eddie before this year. Winner gets powerhouse Pat.

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Season Leaders

Stevie

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Stevie	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	0.55	1.27	0.88	31.18	5.52	6.61	2.14	0.91	2.16
Stevie	Derrick White	0.47	2.72	0.90	15.75	3.87	4.75	1.04	1.17	1.60
Stevie	Dejounte Murray	0.47	2.24	0.82	21.56	5.28	5.46	1.30	0.30	2.28
Stevie	Brandon Ingram	0.49	1.42	0.79	21.44	4.94	5.85	0.85	0.60	2.63
Stevie	Pascal Siakam	0.53	1.20	0.73	21.75	6.43	4.75	0.86	0.25	1.93

Eddie

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Eddie	Anthony Davis	0.56	0.35	0.81	24.93	12.25	3.65	1.13	2.42	2.07
Eddie	Paul George	0.46	3.25	0.90	22.13	5.35	3.65	1.60	0.38	2.04
Eddie	Damian Lillard	0.42	2.91	0.92	24.55	4.28	6.83	1.08	0.21	2.58
Eddie	Paolo Banchero	0.46	1.53	0.70	22.67	6.81	5.19	1.02	0.54	2.96
Eddie	Lauri Markkanen	0.49	3.25	0.89	23.38	8.54	2.02	0.85	0.48	1.31

Injury Report

Stevie

Player	Status
Dereck Lively	Hurt
Marcus Sasser	Hurt
Dante Exum	IR
Jarred Vanderbilt	IR
Lonzo Ball	IR

Eddie

Player	Status

Head-to-Head

Season Stats

Team	Threes	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO	FGpct	FTpct
Stevie	1101	12715	4809	2954	814	591	1359	0.497	0.778
Eddie	1218	12249	4553	2717	730	528	1325	0.474	0.812

Regular Season H2H

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
12	Stevie	4	-	Eddie	5

Stevie Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Stevie	5	-	Bumpskiii	4
14	Ethan	6	-	Stevie	3
15	Bumpskiii	3	-	Stevie	6
16	Stevie	2	-	Pat	6
17	Stevie	5	-	Zhang	4

Eddie Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Eddie	8	-	Kevin	1
14	Tom	3	-	Eddie	6
15	Kyle	2	-	Eddie	7
16	Yash	3	-	Eddie	6
17	Eddie	4	-	Cade	5

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6 . Zhang ( 9 - 8 - 0 )	v.	3 . Zach ( 12 - 5 - 0 ) [ -5 ]

Zach also finally flipped the tank around to get his first ever playoff appearance as the three seed, and gets rewarded with the defending champ Zhang who sneaks into the playoffs as a 6 seed. Zach went from 2-13-1 the previous season to 12-5 this year. He tanked so bad his lifetime EDB win percentage is still 33%. Meanwhile, Zhang has made the playoffs all three years of the league's existence, including his title run last year. Zach is led by enough young stars for Josh Giddey to get excited, while Zhang traded away Harden in the offseason and more relies on veteran presence. These two split the season series 1-1, but Zach held the category advantage 11-7. Zhang was 3-0 against Zach prior to this year. This matchup will determine if Zach really is that guy pal. Winner gets acoustic captain Ethan.

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Season Leaders

Zhang

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Zhang	Stephen Curry	0.46	4.94	0.92	27.70	4.21	5.08	0.83	0.38	3.02
Zhang	Fred VanVleet	0.41	2.94	0.85	16.50	3.74	7.98	1.14	0.92	1.70
Zhang	Jaylen Brown	0.50	1.98	0.71	22.12	5.50	3.75	1.08	0.56	2.42
Zhang	Alex Caruso	0.48	1.73	0.78	9.88	3.78	2.86	1.39	1.14	1.39
Zhang	Jordan Poole	0.40	2.04	0.86	16.05	2.47	3.65	1.11	0.33	2.16

Zach

Team	Player	FGpct	threes	FTpct	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO
Zach	Luka Doncic	0.49	3.90	0.78	34.29	8.78	9.49	1.47	0.63	3.92
Zach	Scottie Barnes	0.48	1.74	0.78	20.02	8.16	5.98	1.25	1.44	2.74
Zach	Chet Holmgren	0.54	1.75	0.77	17.09	7.67	2.70	0.68	2.65	1.68
Zach	Alperen Sengun	0.54	0.55	0.71	21.04	9.20	4.91	1.11	0.73	2.62
Zach	Kyle Kuzma	0.46	2.27	0.78	21.96	6.42	4.11	0.49	0.67	2.64

Injury Report

Zhang

Player	Status
Deni Avdija	Hurt
Dyson Daniels	IR
Onyeka Okongwu	IR
Robert Williams	IR

Zach

Player	Status
CJ McCollum	Hurt
Jonathan Isaac	IR
Khris Middleton	IR
Tari Eason	IR

Head-to-Head

Season Stats

Team	Threes	PTS	REB	AST	ST	BLK	TO	FGpct	FTpct
Zach	1423	14180	5059	3364	767	661	1659	0.488	0.778
Zhang	1319	11378	4280	2679	741	564	1298	0.478	0.787

Regular Season H2H

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
5	Zhang	2	-	Zach	7
15	Zach	4	-	Zhang	5

Zhang Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Tom	1	-	Zhang	8
14	Zhang	2	-	Yash	7
15	Zach	4	-	Zhang	5
16	Zhang	7	-	Tom	2
17	Stevie	5	-	Zhang	4

Zach Last 5

Week	Away	AwaySc	vs	Home	HomeSc
13	Pat	7	-	Zach	2
14	Cade	3	-	Zach	6
15	Zach	4	-	Zhang	5
16	Bumpskiii	2	-	Zach	7
17	Zach	7	-	Tom	2

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